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CONTAINER Filed Dec. 10, 1925 INVENTOR 6 m W1 r m mm ix EG @SQ PatentedSept. 6, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE K. BAINIBBIDGE AND SYDNEY W. REYNOLDS, F RIP ON, CALIFORNIA.

CONTAINER.

Application filed December This invention relates to containers forgoods of different kinds, and especially for foods or confections of ayielding or plastic nature, such as soft candy, ice cream and the like.

The principal object of our invent on is to provide a sealed andfiexlble container for the purpose with sealing means at one end, ofsuch a nature that the seal may be readily broken by the consumer andthat end of the container will then present an open mouth having a crossarea equal to that of the body of the container.

These two features enable the purchaser to obtain a free flow of thecontents of the container, after the seal is broken or removed, bysqueezing the container from the bottom toward the open mouth.

A further object of the invention is to form the container with a skirtaround the mouth which drops off when the seal is broken, and the mouthopened. This insures that a perfectly clean and sanitary surface will bepresented all around said mouth, and the consumer may place 4 his lipsto sa1d mouth with perfect safety, regardless of possible unsanitaryconditions surrounding the container previous to its sale.

These objects we accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by aperusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is .a side view of the container of the approved sanitary form.

Fig. 2 is a view of the blank from whlch the container is made.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the blank as initially folded andperforated, prior to the wrapping operations.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1, lookingupwardly, this view being of conventional form and before the mouth sealis applied.

. Fig. 5 is a side view of the container with a modified form of mouthsealing means.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the container with the mouth-sealpartially removed.

Fig. 7 is a vertical enlarged section on the line 77 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the numerals of reference on the drawings, andparticularly'at this time to 10, 1925. Serial No. 74,463.

the form of device shown in Figs. 1 to 4, we construct the containerfrom a sheet 1 of paper of suitable grade, treated in any preferredmanner to retard the permeation of moisture. The height of this sheet iswhatever is deemed suitable for the container, while its width ispreferably about three times as great as the circumference of thefinished container, or so that the container will have three completeturns or wrappings of the paper, as shown in Fig. 4. This blank isformed along its upper edge with a rectangular extension 2, extendingfrom one vertical edge of the paper and having a width about equal to1%, or 1 turns of the paper when wrapped to make the container. Beforethe paper is thus wrapped, the extension 2 is folded over onto theoutside of the sheet, as shown in Fig. 3. A row of perforations 3, orsimilar paper weakening means, is then cut through the sheet andextension along a line parallel to the top of the sheet and locatedsomewhat less than half way down said extension. The length of this rowof perforations is preferably equal to about 1 4 or 1% turns of thepaper, and runs from the skirt toward the opposite vertical edge of thepaper. Assumin as previously stated, that the container is ormed withthree complete wrappings of the sheet, this insures that at least 1turns of the sheet will be free of the perforations.

In wrapping the sheet, the imperforate portion thereof constitutes theinnermost wrapping, so that the extension 2 is on the outside of theoutermost wrapping, and forms a continuous skirt, overlapping itself fora certain distance, disposed about the upper end of the container. Thesheet is preferably wrapped on a circular mandrel, so that the container4 when thus formed will be circular in form. Sealing means of sides ofthe clip, and also by indenting the cli at intervals as at'7.

The contents are then inserted into the container from the bottomthereof; the lower end is then pinched in and a sealing clip 8, the sameas the clip 6 is applied in the same manner. The container, with itscontents sealed therein, is then ready for distribution to the retaileror for direct sale to the consumer.

To open the container, the same is held in one hand, while the clip 6 isgrasped by the fingers of the other hand and given a lateral twistingmovement. This will cause the wrapping of the body to yield along theline of perforations 3, where the paper has been weakened. The clip andadjacent portion of the paper being thus torn off, the lower portion ofthe skirt remains without any supporting connection with the wrappingsof paper thereunder. The skirt therefore also drops off, exposing theadjacent body wrapping thereunder, and this exposed portion of the body,having been previously covered, will present a perfectly clean, freshand sanitary surface to be engaged by the lips of the consumer.

The contents of the container are then squeezed therefrom, an operationwhich will cause the heretofore pinched-in mouth to open to its fullestextent.

The form of container shown in Figs. 5 to 7, is slightly cheaper tomanufacture and is not so sanitary. If the container is used to carryindividual pieces of candy or other articles which would be dispensed bytilting the container rather than by applying the lips to the mouth ofthe container, the lack of any exterior sanitary feature around themouth of the container is no detriment.

The body 4 of this other type of container is formed of the samematerial, wrapped, and its ends pinched in, in the same manner as in thefirst described type. The skirt and' the weakening perforations areomitted,

however. The bottom sealing clip 8 is the same and applied the same way,as the correspondin clip on the first type. The upper or mout sealingclip 9, however, while of the same material and shape, extends beyondone side of the container to form a. finger lever. This clip is alsosealed in place both by squeezing the sides of 'the same together and bymeans of indenting such sides at intervals as at 10. When it is desiredto open this container, the outer end of the clip 9 is pried up, anoperation which of course causes the opposite end of the clip to beardown on the paper thicknesses engaged by the clip. When the clip is thuspried up the indentations may cause one or more of the layers of paperto be torn through to the upper edge, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 6, butthis will do no harm. When the clip is removed, the mouth of the c nainer can not form a departure from the spirit of the" invention, asdefined by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what wev claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A container comprising a body sealed at the bottom, a. skirt formedintegral with the body extending completely around the outside of thebody at the top and disconnected therefrom except at the top, and adetachable sealing element applied over the top of the body and over theadjacent portion of the skirt, the latter projecting downwardly somedistance beyond the sealing element.

2. A container comprising a body sealed at one end, a sealing elementapplied to the other end of the body, and adapted to be detachedtherefrom by a transverse and twisting tearing movement, and a skirtaround the body adjacent but separate from the sealing element andpartially surrounded and engaged by said element.

3. A container comprisin a tubular body formed of a blank of exiblematerial wrapped about itself a plurality of times, an extension formedalong the upper edge of the blank and folded outwardly thereof prior tothe wrapping operations, said extension havin a width less than twoWrappings of the s eet, and a sealing element applied to the upper edgesof the formed body and extending down only partially over saidextension.

4; A structure as in claim 3, in which weakening means is applied to theextension parallel to the upper edge of the body and disposed outwardlyof the sealing element.

5. A container comprising a tubular body formed of a blank of flexiblematerial wrapped about itself a plurality of times, a sealing elementapplied to the upper edges of the formedbody, and a row of perfoskirt,and a sealin element apglied to said pings, and a rigid sealing elementapplied other end of the y and exten ing over the over the container atone end and engaging skirt only adjacent the fold thereof, said ll thwra, ing thereof; the outermost 1,e41,4oa a element being adapted to bedetached by wrapping o the co tainer being weakened 5 a transversetwistlng movement tearing just below the sealing element.

through the body and skirt whereby to then "In testimony whereof weaflix our signaseparate the skirt from the body and allow h re saidskirt to drop ofi. r

7. A container formed of a sheet of flexi- GEORGE K. BAINBRIDGE. blematerial having a plurality of wrap- SYDNEY W. REYNOLDS.

